Allen Smith: 59 books
Hsing-I
Chinese Internal Boxing
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Master Chinese internal boxing or Hsing-I with this illustrated martial arts guide.
Unlike most martial arts, Chinese internal (soft-style) boxing does not depend on muscular strength. The secret behind its power lies in the cultivation and practical application of internal energy-ch'i, There...
Pa-kua
Eight-Trigram Boxing
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1990
This book outlines the history and techniques of Pa-kua-a style of boxing based on the eight (pa) trigrams (kua) of the I Ching.
This martial arts guide gives a thorough account of the philosophy behind the art. It also presents to the West for the first the orthodox style of the last Chinese...
The Retirement Boom
An All Inclusive Guide to Money, Life, and Health in Your Next Chapter
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Baby Boomers are reinventing retirement just as they have so many other aspects of their lives. They will live longer and be healthier than their parents and grandparents, and they plan to remain relevant, be fulfilled, and leave legacies. Many will continue to work well into their 70s and 80s, some...
by Deborah Smith, Sarah Addison Allen, Debra Dixon
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2005
Settle back into that comfortable chair and enjoy a second helping of poignant, humorous and nostalgic tales about how things used to be in the legendary South. From vindictive mules and small town marriage rituals that include a pig, to Grandma's story of how a quilt square got her a husband and...
The Lethal Sex
Mystery Writers of America Presents: Classics, #4
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018
THE FAIRER SEX? NOT THESE LADIES…
The female of the species is absolutely deadlier than the male in these 14 cunningly-crafted tales of suspense, crimes of passion, and murder, all by women writers. Edited by MWA Grandmaster and bestselling mystery author John D. MacDonald, these bone-chilling...
by Jeanie Smith Cash, Rose Allen McCauley, Jeri Odell
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
They were sisters once—identical quadruplets—given up for adoption at birth. Now each receives a letter advising her to claim her inheritance and the family she never knew. . .at Christmas. Holly feels betrayed when she learns she’s adopted, while Carol prays for a loving family. Starr thinks...
Invitational Education and Practice in Higher Education
An International Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
This edited collection examines the means to create, maintain, and enhance welcoming colleges and universities in the United States and abroad with personal accounts, case studies, models, programs, and other frameworks written by practitioners in higher education. The contributors explain how they...
by Anita Allen, Drucilla Cornell, Ann Cudd
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2004
Over the past thirty years, western political philosophy has been enriched by a renewed interest in liberalism, and by the development of feminism. Although liberalism is one of the important historical roots of feminism, many contemporary feminist political philosophers reject liberal political theory....
by Juliet Christian-Smith, Peter H. Gleick, Heather Cooley
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2012
It is zero hour for a new US water policy! At a time when many countries are adopting new national approaches to water management, the United States still has no cohesive federal policy, and water-related authorities are dispersed across more than 30 agencies. Here, at last, is a vision for what we...
TRAC 2014
Proceedings of the Twenty Fourth Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Reading 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
This volume contains a selection of papers presented at TRAC 2014, as well as some invited contributions. In keeping with the aims of TRAC, several papers make make innovative use of interdisciplinary theory: in humanistic geography, philosophy and archaeology; social psychology; and the cognitive...
by Becky Heaver, Michael Barton, Andrew Smith
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
In this rich and diverse collection, 28 writers describe what positive experiences they have had as an autistic person, and show how the most unexpected subject areas can be a source of the positive. They demonstrate that individuals can, and do, experience life in positive ways, sometimes in the...
The World's Water Volume 7
The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Produced biennially, The World's Water is the mcomprehensive and up-to-to date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources. Each new volume examines critical global trends and offers the best data available on a variety of topics related to water.
Volume 7 features chapters...
Creative Therapies for Complex Trauma
Helping Children and Families in Foster Care, Kinship Care or Adoption
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
A burgeoning evidence base supports that arts, play and other creative therapies have potential to help children in foster care, kinship care or adoptive families to recover from complex trauma.
Written by contributors working at the cutting edge of delivering effective therapeutic interventions,...
Family Dialogue Journals
School–Home Partnerships That Support Student Learning
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This honest, clearly written, and accessible book shows how to use Family Dialogue Journals (FDJs) to increase and deepen learning across grade levels. Written by K–12 teachers who have been implementing and studying the use of weekly journals for several years, it shares what they have learned...